Impact Wrestling Rating Ticks Up, Viewership Hits Five-Week High

– Impact saw its rating rise for the first time in a while, and hit its best audience in five weeks. Thursday night’s episode brought in a 0.07 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic and 329,000 viewers. Those numbers are up 16% and 12% from last week’s 0.06 demo rating and 295,000 viewers. The rating was the first time Impact’s number has gone up since an 0.11 demo rating peak on April 12th, after which the number has seen a steady decrease. Meanwhile, the audience was the best since the April 19th episode had 373,000.

Smackdown ranked #108 among cable originals for the night per Showbuzz Daily. Jersey Shore: Family Vacation won the night for MTV with a 1.02 rating and 1.701 million viewers.